Haiti quake toll could reach 300,000: Preval

The death toll from Haiti's January 12 earthquake could reach 300,000, Haitian President Rene Preval said in an appeal for international aid at a summit of Caribbean leaders. Haitian officials had previously put the death toll at 217,000, but Preval advanced the higher 300,000 estimate Sunday in a speech to leaders of Mexico and the 15-member Caribbean Community (Caricom).Duration: 00:35

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[nathan4638]

Preval atis pays a

[GmanZouk]

@voyeurdug The problem was that there where no building codes in haiti. People built shacks all over the place without structure due to being poor and needed just a roof over their head. However, the weak government did not regulate anything. And, it is just not the Preval, it is a problem on going for years. To be earthquake resistent a home need to have metal inside the cinder blocks for reinforcement. In haiti, only people with money would be able to afford such a reinforcement.

[Serubis]

Mother Earth don't like Black People :(

or

the Earth quake was man made used by weapons like H.A.R.R.P

who knows lol

[mojojojo0]

@voyeurdug - as President of the country, you'd think he is more qualified to make a guess at how many of his people are missing presumed dead than any viewer of this video.

[voyeurdug]

That wasn't news. That was a vague guess, but someone whose qualifications to guess is approximately the same as any viewer of this video.